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The good news for Hulu, the video portal jointly created by NBC Universal and News Corp., is that it sold out of advertising inventory. The bad news for Hulu viewers is that more ads are on the way. Jeff Zucker, president of NBC Universal, made the statements during a gathering of the International Advertising Association …
Imagine this. You are laying in bed. You pick up the remote, turn on the TV and then watch YouTube... Sound strange? Maybe now, but not in a few years.
The newly revamped, reduced-in-price Apple TV set-top is out in stores after a short delay, enabling standard and Hi-Def iTunes movie rentals to be viewed on the big plasma in your living room. Standard def movies rent for $3.99 for new releases and $2.99 for library titles. HD movies (1280 x 720) cost $4.99/$3.99. The …
How do the corespondents of NBC News stay alert and up all night? They get all drugged up on caffeine, sugar and energy gels. Newsroom coffee is especially popular.
Following the lead of CNN.com, CBSNews.com has begun linking to its CBS affiliates for local news stories.
Last week Apple announced they needed another couple of weeks to finish updating the Apple TV software that will finally allow users to rent movies directly from the TV rather than having to download on the computer and sync or stream the video to the Apple TV device. This anticipated software upgrade will be available …
When the Police start yelling “Get down on the ground” at you what should you do? (A) Hit the dirt and put your hands behind your head, or (B) stand around and look stupid? This guy from the American news show “Dateline: To Catch A Predator” opted to stand around and ended up getting zapped …
Good news for fans of Quarterlife. Not only has NBC has acquired the popular Internet series, but they've set a premiere date and a time slot.
There's a lot we can learn from Sylvester Stallone's character, Rambo, and his perseverance under pressure. Throw away your copy of "Sun Tzu and the Art of Business" and take some lessons from a true master of war.
Steve Jobs announced an update to the Apple TV at Macworld San Francisco this week as well as iTunes Movie Rentals, which were already rumored to be part of his Macworld keynote speech. Jobs admitted that Apple’s online video plan had been a disappointment and that users didn’t take to watching online video the way …
According to reports, Apple is close to announcing plans to make Fox and Disney movies available as online rentals via iTunes (US). Apple CEO Steve Jobs is likely saving the official iTunes rentals announcement for his Macworld Expo keynote on Jan. 14. How iTunes Movie Rentals Would Work Customers would pay a fee to download …
The 2007 finale of Biggest Loser was the biggest winner on TV last night.
The Batmobile from Batman Forever just sold for only $297,000. It cost Warner Bros. $2,800,000 to create Batman's Batmobile car for the 1995 film. So why did the Batmobile sell so cheaply? It's a bad deal. Here's why.
TV Guide and mobile content provider Helio introduced a new service offering TV show information, program listings, search functions and daily recommendations to Helio users. Text-based program alerts can be set to remind yourself and friends of what’s coming on the tube. TV Guide Mobile is available to Helio subscribers for $2.99/month, in addition to …
NBC picks up the web series Quarterlife for their primetime broadcast schedule.
PBS downloads are now available legally via BitTorrent. PBS is also making titles available for purchase on Vuze.
If you looked closely at this past Saturday night’s episode of Saturday Night Live during the iPhone: The Affair sketch, you may or may not have noticed a certain extra “Installer” icon next to the iTunes button. So what’s that icon signify? The iPhone being used was Jailbroken (or, hacked for programs and games, in …
